UN records 2,072 civilians killed in Ukraine since Russian invasion started

The relevant statement was made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in a daily update on April 18, 2022, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

In particular, among the killed, there were 537 men, 327 women, 38 girls and 60 boys, as well as 71 children and 1,039 adults whose sex is yet unknown.

Among the injured, there were 327 men, 253 women, 56 girls and 61 boys, as well as 155 children and 1,966 adults whose sex is yet unknown.

Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes.

OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration. This concerns, for example, Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk Region), Izium (Kharkiv Region), Sievierodonetsk and Rubizhne (Luhansk Region), Trostianets (Sumy Region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties. These figures are being further corroborated and are not included in the above statistics.

A reminder that, on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting a war. Russian troops are shelling and destroying the key infrastructure facilities, launching missile and air strikes on Ukrainian cities and villages, torturing and murdering civilians.